August 26th, 2011

The Look Ahead: Bring on the Weekend

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Here we go, Houston. It’s time to forget about the week that was and move on into the promised land. Sure, you might have a bunch of plans already, but let’s say you haven’t pulled the trigger to commit to anything. That’s where we come in. Here are a couple of things we recommend you check out and support this weekend.

Chadd Thomas Memorial/Benefit at Continental Club

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If you haven’t yet read the story pertaining to Chadd Thomas’ death, now should be the time. You can help celebrate the man’s life as well as help out the future of his seven-year-old daughter on Sunday afternoon. Starting at 1:00PM, Continental Club will be opening its doors to you and yielding the stage to Johnny Falstaff, Los Skarnales, The Flamin’ Hellcats and more.

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“Summer is almost over and DiverseWorks is having one last party before we begin the craziness of the Fall Arts Season in Houston. Friends of DiverseWorks–Jana Hunter, Wild Moccasins, sIngs, The Wiggins, and DJ Brett Koshkin are coming together to have music showcase at DiverseWorks. Stop by and hang out, enjoy a tasty beverage and enter some of the exciting raffle packages that night.

As part of its ARC Exhibition Series, Spacetaker presents iPerform, a performance-based exhibition and series of participatory events created by Houston’s newest performance art collective, Continuum, at Spacetaker’s ARC Gallery.

iPerformwill open with a public reception on Friday, August 26 from 7 to 10 p.m. during which the members of Continuum will display documentation of their work through video and photos, and share live performances that are an extension of this work. In addition to viewing the live performances, the audience will be able to interact with several performative installations and partake in a variety of participatory performances, including:

- Guided visualization/meditation
- Cleansing through ritualistic sweeping
- Confessing sins in exchange for an alcoholic beverage
- Preparing a “shoeulogy” for a shoe graveyard
- Making photocopies of random body parts for a wall collage